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  • Essay / History and Impact of Google - 556

    Google is the most popular website and search engine today with a view to ranking number one (Top 15). Moving from a dormitory to a garage, Googleplex, better known as Google's current headquarters, is located in Mountain View, California (Google location). Larry Page and Sergey Brin founded this company in 1998. Such a research network was growing from a challenge to an enterprise that has a huge impact on different areas of people, from an individual to a country whole (the history of Google). 1995, Larry Page and Sergey Brin meet at Stanford. Sergey was one of the students responsible for showing Larry around (the Google story). These two computer science graduate students, as partners, never seem to agree on any idea, no matter the topic. As they both had very conflicting opinions, the potential in them had already developed to lead them to the biggest challenge they had never seen before (Biography by Sergey Brin). As a student pursuing his doctorate, Hubert Chang needed to complete his work on web research ideas; that's why, after interviewing a Stanford computer science professor, he met Larry and Sergey (Reporting by Thomas Claburn). In order to organize a massive set of data, the couples began collaborating on a search engine in January 1996 called Back Rub. In one year, the outcome of the challenge seems to be much more than just helping one person. Their plan was already going far. The duo decided to find an investor, and then they found Andy Bechtolsheim, the co-founder of Sun Microsystem. After reviewing their business plan, he knew this business had a lot of potential. In September 1998, Andy Bechtolsheim wrote a check for $100,000 to a company that didn't exist... middle of paper ......ebsite-mla/> January 1, 2014. "Google Location." Google Company. company/facts/locations/> January 1, 2014. “15 years of Google.” Time Line Google, company/timeline/> January 1, 2014. “Sergey Brin”. Bornrich, January 1, 2014. Claburn, T. (September 24, 2008). Google founded by Sergey Brin, Larry Page... and Hubert Chang?!? Information Week. http://www.informationweek.com/applications/google-founded-by-sergey-brin-larry-page-and-hubert-chang!/d/d-id/1072309? January 1, 2014. Koller, David. "Origin of the name 'Google'." January 2004. January 1, 2014. “Google Definition.” Domains are free,-guides/mla-format/how-to-cite-a-website-mla/> January 1 2014.